Article: History of Game Consoles

[VectorGamer]

http://technology.iafrica.com/features/1665820.htm

[+Ransom]

Nice article.

 

I think he's mistaken about when the golden age of gaming was, though.

[carmel_andrews]

Not too sure that Nintendo revived the gaming industry, as various people pointed out themarket at the time was shifting more toward's computers anyway

 

only reason why nintendo got more support then say atari is that atari were more interested in getting the ST of the ground and also more interested in pushing the ST and were using the money from any potential 8bit sales (i.e 2600/7800 and xl/xe) to fund the marketing and future developmnet development of the ST

 

A case in point being that there were more companies doing atari st games/programs then companies doing A8/2600 or 7800 games or programs, so Nintendo didn't really revive the industry as such, they just happen to be in the right place at the right time to capitalise on atari's shift in market focus

 

Added to the fact that not many software publishers after 1984 were interested in supporting the likes of coleco, intellivison etc etc

[nathanallan]

Doesn't that PC Engine pic belong to somebody here?? I hope it was used with permission. I remember a comment being made about the short cord, and how the author had to shorten it for picture purposes.

 

I have to agree about the Golden Age, it was 16-bit for me, that was my Golden Age.

Edited May 20, 2009 by nathanallan

[carmel_andrews]

didn't the pc engine use a modified/abridged version of the 6502, if so that makes it an 8 bit game system (only the gfx subsystem was 16bit as far as i recall)

 

If i recall correctly the sega megadrive (or genesis) used an updated version of the SMS gfx hardware

[Tom-Lynx]

I realize an article like that cannot mention every possible system, but I was surprised that the Atari Jaguar wasn't mentioned.

[CRV]

I have to agree about the Golden Age, it was 16-bit for me, that was my Golden Age.

 

It doesn't matter what YOUR Golden Age was. Even if you don't like any shows from the era, the American Golden Age of Television, for example, is considered to be between the late 1940s and mid 1960s (per Wikipedia).

[chrisbid]

a true golden age needs a collapse to distinguish its era from the rest of history. therefore the boom from 77 through 83 is the true golden age of gaming.

 

the 16 bit era was incredible, but gaming didnt really collapse with the introduction of 3D